OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Chisholme Institute

ActiveCharity number SC008147
Registered2 August 1979
Main locationScottish Borders
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC008147
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
51-100 volunteers
Staff
5
Postcode
TD9 7PH

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We educate the public in the unity of the whole potential of being human in the world. We do this by running residential courses, conducting research, and by following the principles of good practise in our local environment, culture, and economy and by encouraging studies into self-knowledge and the illumination these bring. We encourage and respect each individual not for what they can do but for who they are and who they could be in their potential. In particular we run courses that put people in touch with themselves, pass on traditional skills of good husbandry, craft skills and respect for all spiritual traditions and beliefs.

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion
  • the promotion of religious or racial harmony
  • the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The objects for which the Company is established are the advancement of education and the advancement of environmental protection or improvement], to develop and improve the critical understanding amongst the public that all life is interdependent as seen in the:- (1) ecological. (2) economic. (3) cultural. and (4) spiritual spheres.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 March 2025£174,578£248,136526 December 2025
31 March 2024£148,423£270,29759 December 2024
31 March 2023£235,502£214,064522 December 2023
31 March 2022£361,761£152,550527 December 2022
31 March 2021£154,162£163,171521 December 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Chisholme House, Roberton, Hawick, Roxburghshire
Website supplied to OSCR
www.chisholme.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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